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Health Tips for New Born Mothers

Whether it’s your fifth time or your first time to have a baby, you still have to go through the challenge of not having enough sleep and rest for the first few months of giving birth. You’re able to survive the 9 months of pregnancy and the battle does not end there. Taking care of your new born baby requires too much effort, time and energy. In which often times will put your own health at risk.

With that, it is important that you make yourself aware of some of the useful health tips to keep you and your baby healthy in the first few months after you gave birth.

For the Baby

You have to understand that new born babies are quite delicate. Thus, if it’s your first time to hold a new born, you might get intimidated how soft and sensitive they are. In that case, proper handling is important. Make sure that your hands are clean or you can use hand sanitizer before handling the baby. Since they still don’t have a strong immune system to help them fight bacteria, they are so vulnerable to infection.

When holding the baby, make sure to put a good support on the head and neck of the baby. When carrying a baby, you can use some best convertible car seats, carrier or stroller and make sure that he’s securely fastened. Protect his head and neck too. Be very gentle. Remember that new born babies are still not ready for rough and forceful activity.

Lastly, breastfeeding would be best. In the first few days and weeks, your baby needs early milk that your breast milk can provide. It’s an important source of antibodies that can help to protect him against diseases and improve immune system.

For the Mother

As much as you wanted to take care of your baby, you also have to take care of your own health. You can’t be there for him if you’re sick and losing energy. First and foremost, you have to eat healthy. Eat foods that can give you enough energy for the day. If you breast feed, there will be a great need that you keep yourself hydrated. So, drink lots water. Avoid drinking soda and drinks rich in caffeine.

Not having enough sleep is one important concern. Thus, you need to make the most of your napping time. When you get your baby to nap, then it’s the perfect time for you to get the sleep and the nap that you deserve. Getting your body in shape and upbeat is also important. Do some regular exercise to stretch those muscles.

Let’s admit it, if you have a new born baby, there’s just a lot of work at home that you can’t do this time. Then it’s important that you accept help. You definitely can’t do everything at the same time, house cleaning, cooking, babysitting, etc. That’s a hell of a workload to do. Asking for help will not make you less of a mother. It will even make your life easier. Then you will have more time to take care of yourself and your baby. More time to focus in raising a strong and healthy baby.

A pound of fat represents approximately 3500 calories of stored energy. In order to lose a pound of fat, you have to use 3500 more calories than you consume. Although this seems like a simple formula remember that your body is a thinking organism designed to protect itself. If you were to try to reduce your intake by the entire 3500 calories in one day, your body would register some type of alarm and think that there is a state of emergency. Immediately your metabolism would slow down and no weight loss would be achieved. It's better to spread your calorie reduction out over a period of a week, so that you aim to reduce your caloric intake by 3500 to 7000 calories per week, resulting in weight loss of one to two pounds per week. It's generally not recommended to try to lose more than two pounds in a week. Attempting to do so may cause health risks, and on top of this you're unlikely to be successful. In the example of attempting to lose two pounds per week, you can use a basic method of calorie counting to help you accomplish your goal. To do so, you need to figure out how many calories a person of your age, sex, and weight usually needs in a day, subtract 500 from that amount, and follow a diet that provides you with that many calories. For example, if you would ordinarily need 3000 calories in a day, you would follow a 2500-calorie a day diet. Next, figure out how much exercise a person of your weight would need to do to burn 500 calories per day, and engage in an exercise plan that will help you achieve your goal. The result is simple: 500 fewer calories consumed and 500 more calories expended equals a 1000 calorie per day deficit, which over the course of a week, adds up to 7000 calories, or two pounds. Although individual results may vary, the bottom line is if your body is consuming fewer calories than it's expending, then weight will be lost. The Weight Loss Magic Fat Burner Program works with all diet plans to help speed up metabolism and burn fat faster.Dr Jeff St PaulWeight Loss in 5 minutes a day - it's Magic!Send a blank email to: magic@evolutionsales.comWeight Loss Products~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Technorati Tags: Weight Loss, Burn Fat, Lose Weight, Calories, Low Calorie

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